Lighting gear essentialsyour best and worst purchases and sizes? being quite loose with this thread but i'm putting together some lighting kit for inside and outside use. but i'm...

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Lighting gear essentialsyour best and worst purchases and sizes?

Dec 9, 2013 12:21:20 #

blackest Loc: Ireland

being quite loose with this thread but i'm putting together some lighting kit for inside and outside use.
but i'm thinking of light stands which are too short the different kinds of brackets for mounting gear on. I've seen b type and h type.
Umbrella's which were too small too big wrong type. reflectors eg 5 in 1 and sizes. foamboard black and white. sizes again. beauty dishes, barn doors, snoots and filters. softboxes large and small, I'm sure i'm missing some. Continuous light bulbs that are not bright enough too. Maybe what do you find most useful and what was a waste of money that you would never recommend.

I don't want to start a flash war or a camera one either. I'm just interested in the things we all could use. Feel free to chew on the bits that interest you and leave anything else to one side.

Dec 9, 2013 12:50:10 #

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

For all things lighting, I usually start here:
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html

Dec 9, 2013 13:08:19 #

blackest Loc: Ireland

Cdouthitt wrote:

For all things lighting, I usually start here:
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html

Yes I started there too and went through 102 as well. Very worthwhile it gives you a greater appreciation for light and shadow. I'm really trying to find out if there are problems with some types of lighting gear and peoples preferences for sizes and types. I'm especially interested in what gathers dust in a corner somewhere.

Dec 10, 2013 08:48:39 #

cthahn

blackest wrote:

being quite loose with this thread but i'm putting... (show quote)

I have a hard time understanding what you are talking about. Try using some decent English of the slop English that so many are now using and think that is the way to go.

Dec 10, 2013 09:22:00 #

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

cthahn wrote:

I have a hard time understanding what you are talking about. Try using some decent English of the slop English that so many are now using and think that is the way to go.

I think you forgot the word "instead" between English and of...just sayin' dumbass.

Dec 10, 2013 09:45:28 #

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

Light stands rickety, unstable, and not tall enough. Pentax K-x - a beautifully sized travel dslr with factory defects they refused to stand behind. Almost anything from China with rare exception. I never seem to learn that lesson. Lol

Dec 10, 2013 16:16:19 #

blackest Loc: Ireland

There is something funny about this page. on android anyway
brings up a link http://lovelinks.us/gray/mobo/mobolp.php

with the words
Warning!!!
Your APP store need update immediately.
with an ok button and no way out from the dialog.

that directs to http://ads.glispa.com/sw/49911/CD7628/CD139... (looks like a base 64 encoded string) which i'm not going to write out. Anyway mobogenie_1541.apk is downloaded automatically.

http://www.apk-analyzer.net/analysis/739/4053/0/html gives a few clues as to what this apk does. The default action with android is to install this file. luckily if you examine this file in a file browser (it's in the downloads folder it can be deleted).

seems to happen some of the time on other threads in the photography discussion section. no problem at all with a desktop system using firefox.

Dec 10, 2013 16:49:19 #

blackest Loc: Ireland

Sorry about the offtopic reply but that is a serious issue malware.

Anyway

Boohoo Cthahn said something nasty about my post.

seriously do you think I care?

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_feedback.jsp?usernum=34739

thats his feedback page. I particularly enjoyed this one about the man. "You seem never too busy to throw a drowning man an anchor! Try being positive".

or this
"Are you Captain Negative from Seminole?
You have created only one post, you have posted NO pictures.... to date. Why is it that You leave bitterly negative, unhelpful, positively mean comments over and over again. Are you always this negative in person too? Or just in this forum?"

Water off a ducks back as the phrase goes feel free to flame me further :) you only confirm your insignificance.

Dec 10, 2013 16:55:45 #

jim quist Loc: Missouri

outdoors: I use a white lightning x1600 with a beauty dish or bare bulb, I have the portable power pack from Paul c buff. I also have an older film days norman I keep in my trunk and use it with the small reflector, it also works with the power supply. I use a sturdy stand because I a while back a lighter stand fell over when the strobe was at about 8 ft. I set it about 15-20 ft from my subject so it makes for a good fill light.

Dec 15, 2013 22:10:13 #

IsoBob Loc: Hamilton, NJ

Cdouthitt wrote:

I think you forgot the word "instead" between English and of...just sayin' dumbass.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Dec 15, 2013 22:41:10 #

amehta Loc: Boston

cthahn wrote:

I have a hard time understanding what you are talking about. Try using some decent English of the slop English that so many are now using and think that is the way to go.

"I have a hard time understanding what you are talking about. Try using some decent English instead of the sloppy English that so many are now using, and I think that is the way to go.

Somehow, most of us are able to understand what he is saying, and even what you are saying.

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